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  • 5 has to be a record – from Russo

    Simple and effective this morning. Much like my high school gym teachers, when YHC limits time spent on coming up with a plan, it devolves to “just run.”

    Odds were Pelican would show, but much to YHC’s delight, the Splashpad was graced with 3 other HIM looking to brave the heat and move and shake: semi-regular Hammer, a semi-returning Akbar, fresh off either traversing the country (“What’s a traverse?”) or recuperating from said traverse, and a returning Splash Godfather Quarterpipe ™, who YHC can only assume has finally decided at around 80 degrees it’s not too cold to post.

    Warmup (all 10x IC)
    – Good mornings
    – Toe touches
    – Self love
    – Sealjacks
    – Imperial walkers
    – Cherry pickers
    – High knees

    Thang
    Traverse to the tunnel, stopping every 60 seconds for 10 merkins and 10 squats.

    At the tunnel:

    11s – donkey kicks and shoulder tap plank jacks

    Mosey down, “sprint” through, mosey up.

    Recovery walk/mosey back, where COT, Name-o-Rama, and prayer closed us out. Prayers for Steve’s mother-in-law, all our brothers hurting and healing, and that we’re strengthened with the Spirit to guide our day.

    Tomorrow is Pickaxe’s birthday Q to celebrate his 12th trip around the sun.

    Thank you to each of you for posting / reading. You all keep pushing me to be better and I’m grateful for it.

    SYITG

  • Recover – from Akbar

    1 month since YHC’s last post. It was great to be back out in the gloom again despite the weather. Waterpik returned as well to the gloom to a heavy modified beatdown – meaning no upper body – running one of the regular routes down to the Lakefront wall, Rips, and back.

    Nothing better to start the week than a run with Monday morning Mumblechatter.

    Warm Up – SSH, IW, Grass Grabbers, Self Love, continuing warm up on the jog to the
    Lakefront stopping for 20 Merkins and 20 Squats mixed in with other stuff.

    Lakefront Wall: x20 IC – Freak Nasty, Dirkin, Squat, Step Ups, 1-2 sets

    Lungewalk to Rips for 3 rounds of 1 exercise at the bottom, run the stairs, 1 exercise at the other side. Merkins, Squats, Rocky Balboa’s, Shoulder Taps, and something else.

    This is when we saw a sea of cars heading toward the Lakefront. We have seen some strange things at the Marsh over the years, but this was something different. Turned out to be a FHS get together before the first day of school.

    Head back to the Marsh, stopping again for 20x Merkins, Squats, and other stuff.

    Returning to Moby Dick and Turbo Dog at the Marsh. Realizing with the short warm up, we missed Moby by a minute. He stayed and did 5, 10,, 15 reps on the pull up bars paired with squats and abs waiting upon our return.

    Backward lunge walk to the other side of the court, front lunge walk to return.

    Circle up for Mary of Little Manny Crunches, LBC’s, Hello Dolly, Rosalita, and time was called.

    Announcements –
    Pickaxe bday Q this Saturday

    COT
    YHC prayed us out with thoughts for Pixie Stix heading off to LSU, Grover to Montana, Pickaxe and Chainsaw and all the rest as school gets back in session, the Bigler family on continued good news as well.

    Great to be back. SYITG,

    Akbar

  • Eight is Enough – from Russo

    83 this morning as YHC pulled up, with a nice breeze to limit the sweat damage early. Great group of 12 for the beatdown.

    Warmup
    All 10x – 16 IC:
    – Seal jacks
    – Self love
    – Toe touches
    – Cherry pickers
    – Good mornings
    – High knees

    Thang

    Mosey around the block, stopping at each corner for:
    8 8-count body builders
    16 shoulder tap plank jacks
    24 merkins
    32 Peter Parker’s (1 is 1)

    Next round:
    8 Imperial squat walkers IC
    16 Hallelujah squats
    24 Apollo Ohnos
    32 Monkey Humpers

    Round 3:
    8 Dr. w’s
    16 Gas pumps
    24 LBCs

    Over to Rip’s, where it was:

    – 4 minutes of 24 rocky balboas followed by a trip up and down their steps (R&R)
    – Two rounds of 24 Rocky Balboas, 16 Urkins, 8 Rocky Balboas, 4 Urkins
    – Two rounds of 24 calf raises, 16 step overs, 8 calf raises, 4 step overs

    Back to the flag for Mary (16x IC)
    – Penguins
    – American hammers
    – LMCs
    – Rosalitas
    – Crunchy Frogs

    COT, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Prayer, in that order. We lifted up our walking wounded, school starting, those traveling, Steve’s mother in law, and the victims of the Maui wildfire, among others.

    Coffee added a couple Starskys (apparently a thing in the F3 lexicon according to ‘Whacker) in Bird and Cowbell.

    Even though I took us away from the breezes on the lakefront that cooled us off ever so slightly, I appreciate you all joining me on a jaunt around the area, and what you bring to your own corner of the northshore. Fine group of men this morning. Let’s do it again soon (like at the Splashpad!)

    SYITG

  • Runners only! – from Shooter

    The hint and feeling of rain at the Scramble brought out 5 PAX and amongst the 5 were only runners..

    Brief warmup consisting of 15IC Grass grabbers, Toe Touches, Selflove, Cherry pickers, Goof balls, 50 OYO SSH and plank jacks along with alternating leg swings front/back and side/side..

    Path of the run was down E Causeway to Monroe down to West Beach south to Lakeshore looping back to City hall. Close to 4 miler with all PAX returned and safe..

    Intentions lifted up for F3 brethren out on injuries and for Steve’s mother-in-law..

    PS
    Russo will be destroying your PAX Milner Jose10k, as when this week has ended the score shall possibly be Russo 3 Jose10k 0!!

  • Do we hate the 8? Is the 8 instead great? – from Russo

    I h8 how hot it’s been. We started at 82 and worked up to 84 degrees before we were done at Granny’s. Gr8 group of 4 (a factor of 8) to comminic8 how much we love 8s on 8-8. Luckily, no one had to regurgit8 or inebri8 (or any other “8” that might be a little more risky).

    Warmup (all 8x IC)
    -Sealjacks
    -cherry pickers
    -Butt kicks
    -self love
    -toe touches
    -good mornings

    Thang

    Honoring the Crazy 88’s from Kill Bill Vol. 1
    – 88 calf raises
    – 88 shoulder taps (1 is 1)
    – 88 plank jacks

    H – 8 (8x 8-count exercises)
    8 count bodybuilders
    Legs: front and back lunges
    Side lunges and Apollo ohnos
    Dr. W’s
    Absolution

    Crazy 8’s
    Hold deep squat while playing the card game.
    Every two minutes: 8 merkins
    Someone throws an 8: 8 burpees
    Someone can’t play a card: one 8 count body builder

    Between rounds, we slalom the columns (kinda like a figure 8 but not exactly)

    Mary (all 8x IC)
    – flutter kicks
    – Gas pumps
    – Penguins
    – American hammers
    – Crunchy frogs
    – LMCs

    1 minute and 8 second plank wrapped us up at 6AM.

    COT, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Prayer, in that order where we lifted up half of F3 Northshore that is currently in the infirmary (Pik, Turbo, Backdraft, Akbar and I’m sure many others).

    YHC enjoyed the time, SYITG

  • The scramble goes Open Mike – from The Hammer

    Hot, but not record heat. Humid, but not record humidity.

    No official Q this morning, so Hammer led, YHC takes the backblast to appease PaxMiner.

    Warmup

    SSHs
    Cherry Pickers
    Windmills
    Toe touches
    Hammer’s favorite stretch
    25 merkins

    Thang
    Feet moved, some faster than others. Rucks were rucked by Jose and YHC. Runs were run by Mr. Miata, Hammer, and the resilient Waterpik, working through his recent injury like a champion. You can’t keep a good man down.

    COT, Name-o-Rama, and prayer closed us out, until…it was comedian’s showcase. In an unexpected twist, what began as a serious prayer intention turned into a joke involving bridges to Hawaii. Not to be outdone, Pik took the mike and dropped the Hammer (figuratively) with his own version of a biblically themed wisecrack. Before Mr. Miata could break out his favorite limerick, we disbursed into the gloom. Rule number 1 for a good comedian: always leave them wanting more.

    SYITG

  • Total Meltdown with the Fire Fighter Challenge Tabata – from Bushwacker

    Following a long rehabilitation after shoulder surgery, during which YHC did ABSOLUTELY nothing overly strenuous that Chewy would frown upon, it’s back to the fire department. And, of course, that means then Lakefront is due for another Fire Fighter Challenge… this time Tabata style! Our own friendly neighborhood Steve graciously offered to stalk me at 5:45am and help set up an array of treacherous exercises for the general populous of F3 Northshore.

    WARMORAMA

    Ok, let me be honest, as I sit here typing this drivel of a backblast, I’m having (not for the 1st time) memory issues. Everything came in sets of 10 and in cadence. There were several things with knees and feet and hands, ya know the usual. We really just needed to get loose enough to reduce risk of injury while dying in the heat and humidity.

    THANG

    The PAX mosied to the shaft where a variety of tires, weights, a giant rope, and a 50ft length of fire hose awaited the assembled. A hopefully-briefer-than-expected-by-the-PAX explanation of the ordeal laid out was given and things got underway. A tabata of 40 cycles – seconds of work with 12 seconds rest in between had such familiar FF exercises such as the Tire Pull, Tire Toss, Tire Flip, and Sledge Hammer Swing, interspersed amongst which were other favorites such as the High Rise Pack Carry, Burpees, Flutter Kicks, Farmer’s Carry and more. After the completion of the Challenge, in which a valiant effort was put forth by the brave men willing to cross the thin red line to take the red pill, there were none willing to compete for the Badaxxe Award by completing the Tire Pull, Tire Flip, and Farmer’s Carry for time. QIC wasn’t certain whether the lack of interested parties was because the defending title holder Grundy was not in attendance, or like myself, everyone was almost fully spent. Either way, there seems to be some unfinished business…

    MARY

    After mosying back to the flags the PAX were treated to 11 full-ass minutes of mary that finaled with 100 100s OYO.

    COT

    Countorama/nameorama, True Coat shared the opportunity to take part in a 30 minute men’s weekly zoom meeting involving spiritual discussions of Opus Dei and more of the most intriguing sort. Hit him up to learn more. The fair-weather Kotter Quart Pipe prayed us out and off to coffeteria we went!
    Gentlemen, thank you for following me into the fire (of sorts), and allowing me to lead you all in this thing of ours, la F3 cosa nostra. And don’t forget, HYDRATE HYDRATE HYDRATE!

  • 3 year anniversary of the A1C – from Jose10k

    Could the A1C shutdown the cross town rival splash pad? Could the anniversary bring out seldom seen brothers like Tanked Up? Could Moby be sick and tired of CottonEyeJoe and the Cupid Shuffle? The answer to all 3 of these questions is simply, hell yes. As Bushwacker once told me, if you build it, they will come, just not him this Friday. 10 men took the red pill this morning to better themselves to celebrate the creation of the A1C 3 years ago. We prepared to dip into some of the favorite workouts in my bag of tricks, however, Moby is sick of the songs I think. So YHC was amused to see the chain gang on the back of his truck as he pulled up this morning.
    Warm-up: yeah, we had one
    Mosey to the Courthouse for some Dora with the hand rails. Partner one: did 50 merkins, then planked up until partner 2 came back from going up the ramp going hand over hand on the rails.
    2nd Round: partner one 100 squats, followed up with holding an al Gore. Partner two did the handrails again. 3rd Round: LBCs (300 cumulative, with alternating hand rails). Mumble chatter was great as always, amazed as Steve flew up those rails despite being vertically challenged. See Cowbell, can’t use it as an excuse. Mosey back to the top of the parking garage with the group separated into two groups of 5. Each group performed whatever exercise they pick while one person drags the chain across the parking garage. Each person dragged the chain a total of 3 times. Finished up with a Merkin Ring of Fire getting up to 101. COT with Hammer praying us out. Intentions for Waterpik and recovery from his soccer related injuries. Bushwackers FF challenge tomorrow. Thanks for coming out gentlemen, thanks for supporting me, and pushing me to be better.

  • Mr. Miata! – from Shooter

    Not much to see here, except the throwback ride Speedy just picked up. 7 men decided to take the red pill 💊 and put in some work. While there would be no sand Da floor, or paint Da fence the PAX had much chatter as we Rucked and ran through Mandeville. Mr. Miata joined Hammer, Zoolander and YHC as we traveled down Massena to Monroe and turned down W beach toward the lakefront. Most chatter focused on the older HIMs first G rides ranging from a Cutlass, to a Mustang and of course a Volkswagen..Returned with the Ruckers right on time. Completed 4 miles and closed out with thoughts for our brethren Waterpik recovering from his remarkable performance at Zoolander’s soccer Saturday.
    Speedy closed out the PAX as the veterans circled around Mr. Miata throwing out way to many references for YHC to reference or repeat.. But if you see Speedy out there on the streets with his 747 wing attached please refrain from promoting or encouraging him to light them up or challenging any type of drift as his Hallos are sure to blind bystanders..

    Take the red pill in the gloom and commit to the A1c to celebrate its 3rd anniversary..

    See you in the Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • We didn’t start the fire at the Roxbury! – from Jose10k

    The mumble chatter was plenty this morning, and it started immediately. 8 showed up this morning, 3 ruckers and 5 gazelles. The runners did 4 miles and YHC had no clue what they talked about. Us Ruckers, that’s a different story. It started off with the new remake of “We didn’t start the fire” by Fallout Boy. Once we started there, then it was all about Hollywood and their remakes (Point Break, Road House, etc…) SNL movies that we love, including the classic Night at the Roxbury. Then it was onto MTV and their shows (Next, Room Raiders, Real World, Road Rules) which led us into comedians from MTV reality shows, then into new comedians vs old school comedians. Think Chris Rock vs Matt Rife. Anywho, made it back to the flag for COT. Shooter prayed us out. Intentions for Backdraft, Phoenix, Cowbell’s M, and all others both spoken and unspoken. Zoolander has the Q on Saturday (his birthday Q) 3 year anniversary at the A1C next Friday, the 28th of July. The F2 was great today gentlemen. As always, I am proud to call you my brothers. Thank you for posting/reading. And a special Happy Birthday to my 17 year old daughter!